Doing Theology as if People Mattered

Other than teaching classes in missiology and Latino theology and ministry at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University at Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union, Professor Eduardo Fernández publishes, gives workshops and retreats, and assists at local parishes. He has also worked in university campus ministry. A native of El Paso, Texas, he earned a Masters in Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and a doctorate in missiology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. His two latest books are Mexican American Catholics (Paulist Press, 2007), awarded a 2008 Catholic Press Association Book Award in the category of pastoral ministry, and Culture-Sensitive Ministry: Helpful Strategies for Pastoral Ministers (Paulist Press, 2010) with Kenneth McGuire, CSP and Anne Hansen.Deborah Ross is Lecturer and Director of Ministerial Formation at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley. She received her MTh in pastoral theology, and PhD in theology, from Heythrop College, University of London. Dr. Ross’ PhD research focused upon the RCIA faith-formation process. Her undergraduate studies were in theology and religious studies with English at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, UK. She is co-author of Talking About God in Practice: Theological Action Research and Practical Theology (SCM Press, 2010) and authored the Introduction to Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture by Victor and Edith Turner (Columbia University Press, 2011).